Friday Favorites!

-My brother’s shirt that he wore yesterday when they took their brand new baby home from the hospital. I need to get out to Kentucky ASAP so I can meet that sweet baby.

-Our Chatbooks. Brooke asks to look through them every morning. We get back in my bed and go through each page. (PS I don’t work with this company… they just make us happy).

-This is going to sound gross to most people but it is one of my favorite things lately. A grilled cheese sandwich with strawberry jam on top. Even better when eaten while watching Friends late at night. I eat all of the crusts off first.

It sounded awful to me too until my sister made me try it 8 years ago.

-Brooke loves purses as much as I do and she insists on taking one everywhere we go.

-The beautiful green object below. I have yet to find a meal that doesn’t taste even better when avocado is added to it.

It even makes bread taste 1,000,000 times better.

–Megan and I met yesterday to get started on a project that we are working on together. Can’t wait to tell you all about it!

-The above jacket… it is reversible (and on sale). That means I can reverse it back and forth and no one knows that I am just wearing the same jacket every day.

I did a post of friday Favorotes today. My least favorite is Parenthood ending!!!
I like avocado ol. with just a little sea sat.
Weird food combo: peaches and cottage cheese on salads…is that weird?
Weekend plans: long run pacing my Country Music Marathon group!!

Ps: we had a local fitness blogger meetup last night and everyone loved on your blog:)

I am LOVING this strangely warm January weather! I’m hoping it lasts!! I am most looking forward to Superbowl festivities this weekend… and a high of 35 degrees tomorrow ensures a wonderful outside run!

What are some of your friday favorites?
Hum… :) Today some of my Friday favorites are the yummy breakfast I ate, the scripture I read, and the people I get to talk with at the conference I’m attending. :)

Favorite weird food combinations?
I love sweet things with cottage cheese. PB+icecream is good. A lot of people think that’s weird. I also like carrots+pb.

What are you most looking forward to this weekend?
This may sound weird, but we’re in Kentucky right now, and I’m looking forward to our road trip back home after church. Since I was gone for 6+ months last year, it feels good to be home and working on school, etceteras. :)

I don’t think I have put together food combos that are too weird, although I did use purple potatoes in a meal the other day which made everything look kind of gross….but it tasted delicious! I am so jealous of your winter. Its been cold here and snowing like every other day (but just a little bit…enough to make the sidewalks slippery but not enough to get us a snow day)

I love mashing avocado with chick peas and eating it on top of cinnamon raisin toast (Ezekiel cinnamon raisin is the best!)…Some people find it weird to combine the sweet bread with savory but I love it!

I wish we were getting the January you are! We got hit with 30 inches of snow on Tuesday, more today (plus freezing rain), and another storm predicted for Monday or Tuesday:-(
Tomorrow is my Girlie’s gymnastics performance. She’s been working so hard and I can’t wait to cheer her on!
Weird food combos… I’m sure I eat a bunch of weird stuff but I’m totally blanking right now.

Susan

It takes a lot for me to think food combos are weird! I think the grilled cheese looks amazing. I love avocado on eggs. I also have been known to throw peanut butter on scrambled eggs! It’s YUMMY. Friday favorite = I leave Sunday for a week long yoga retreat in Tulum. I cannot wait!!

I will eat avocado on pretty much anything and even by itself. My favorite thing to do is eat 1/2 of one on a sandwich with really, really toasted bread. Something about the crunchiness of the bread mixed with the creaminess of the avocado is amazing to me.

I love avocado in a big lunch bowl – I mix brown rice, grilled chicken and grilled veggies, then top it off with avocado mashed with lemon juice and black pepper. So good!
The weirdest thing I eat is probably nut butter with everything (cereal? carrots? just by itself? yup!) or beets in my smoothies!

I’m totally with you – avocado makes everything better! I’ve been loving smashed avocado on toast with an over easy egg on top. A tried and true favorite is smashed avocado on toast with a little garlic salt and pepper. So simple and so good!

So glad to see that Brooke seems to be feeling better! Sick kids are no fun!

Michelle

love your blog, though i hardly leave comments :) you should try apple slices with cheddar cheese and blackberry jam in between two pieces of whole grain bread, all toasted like a panini of course! you will love it!

When you think about it…grilled cheese with strawberry jam is actually pretty normal (sorta!). I always see cheese and jam paired together so this is just a unique combination – a cheese plate without the plate haha.

I love warm lightly toasted bread, buttered, and stuffed with Doritos and lots of mustard. I don’t ever eat that in front of the kids, though. I’m pretty sure if I did that, then family services would be after me.

Karin

I love grilled ham and smoked provolone with a tiny bit of cream cheese to help it get melty, topped with raspberry jam. Sounds a little weird but it is soooo delicious!
This weekend I’m looking forward to breakfast and mani-pedis with some friends! It has been embarrassingly too long.

Aimee

Aimee

Highlights for the upcoming weekend — my kiddo’s basektball game Saturday afternoon…followed by a cut & color for this mama’s hair…followed by a DATE with my man. This will be our first actual date even though we have seen each other quite a few times. Then Sunday morning will be a long-ish run. OH yah…then watching the SUPER BOWL!!! Seahawks #RePETE!!!! : )

Not sure if the combo is weird, but usually people think it’s weird – and you have to like french fries with vinegar…with a huge dollop of mashed potatoes on your plate, make a hole in the middle (not down to the plate), and put some vinegar and salt in it…then fold the mashed potatoes around it and mix it in…tastes like you’re eating french fries!! Soooooo good!

My husband just bought us a Wii u bc there are 2 zelda games coming out for it this year and I may have a bit of an obsession with Zelda. It should be here today and I will probably disappear into the TV for a good part of the weekend…

tracy

Is it weird to dip your French fries in a chocolate shake? I’m craving that lately, might have to make it happen after my 20 miler on Sunday! I’m most looking forward to relaxing on Monday! This week has wiped me out!

haha my mom and i always laugh about how we randomly get food in our hair! it’s so random and weird and hilarious.

i am most looking forward to going over to a friend’s house where we get to learn all about proper etiquette at a table! it’s going to be fancy and then i’ll stop looking like a fool when there are 4 forks in front of me at fancy places.

Susan

I am completely intrigued by the coffee + cereal combo. Do you just add some coffee with the milk or does the coffee replace the milk? It actually sounds good (especially if the coffee had a bit of hazelnut creamer in it…)

I love that jacket!Right now I am loving Downton Abbey!! It is just so good!! I love avocado on my sandwiches, salads, and mixed up to create guacamole :) YUM! I sometimes like to dip my popcorn in hot sauce. I guess that is pretty weird ha! I really like the heat! This weekend I am looking forward to getting my hair highlighted because it has been forever and my dirty blonde roots aren’t looking too great. I am also excited for my sister’s Super Bowl party :P

I’ve been loving avocado with sweet potato lately. I don’t think that is too crazy.

And while it is certainly never something I’d do often.. I once had a dare to eat vanilla ice cream on top of warm garlic bread.. and it was actually pretty good! If I’m ever on a cooking reality show (not a chance), I’d try to wow the judges with something crazy like that. And then lose and become an embarrassing meme.

Clothes that are reversible are the best! I am constantly re-wearing my clothes ALL the time!

I like adding avocado to toasted ezekiel bread for a breakfast dish. I don’t think I currently have any weird food combos but as a child I loved mixing vanilla ice cream and cheerios together. It was so good!

Friday Favorite: Eating out…I never cook on Friday.
Crazy Combo: Bananas on top of peanut butter on toast. It’s my favorite breakfast but it totally grosses my husband out.
Weekend: I am looking forward to the Superbowl. More for the commercials and all the extra snacks we plan on having.

jade

Brandy

Not so much weird food combo but my late night snack is to freeze a loaf of bread (monkey bread is best) and then smother one side with peanut butter and the other with nutella. It’s like a reverse ice cream sandwich and every bit as good as it sounds.

Stephanie

Oh my gosh! I read your post this morning and looked into groove book, now tonight I’m watching sharktank with my hubs and they did a snip on that company, apparently they made a sharktank deal in season 5 and then got huge!

Megan

Because you like grilled cheese with jam on top you need to tried Hammontrees in Fayetteville AR. They specialize in grilled cheese and they are delicious!!! We stop there every time we drive through or visit.

I don’t have any weird food combos but my father-in-law used to eat peanut butter and summer sausage sandwiches!!! He also did a strawberry jam/deli ham combo that makes me nauseous just to think about. I cannot do sweet & savory together!!!

Beth

I love grilled cheese with jam on top! I’ve been eating mine like that since I’ve been a little girl:). I also started eating avocado more over the last several months and I really enjoy it. I’m looking forward to a yoga class and then hanging out with family and friends. Happy Weekend.

That does sound like an odd food pairing, but I’ll take your word on it being delicious! My favorite way to eat avocados is mushed on toast and sprinkled with a little bit of sea salt and red pepper flakes. YUM!!!